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given you for food? From this time on nothing 

 shall grow upon the wheat stalks." 



Then the woman and all who heard him were 

 terrified. They fell upon their knees before the 

 King and begged for mercy. " O King, spare us," 

 they cried. "If you do not give us back the wheat 

 we shall perish from hunger." 



When the King saw their grief he pitied them 

 and said, ' ' 1 will answer your prayer. But to pun- 

 ish you for your wastefulness the wheat kernels 

 shall henceforth grow only at the top of the stalk." 



And this is why the ears of wheat are small. 



What does the story say about the King of the Fields and 

 Forests? How did the wheat grow at first? 



Where were the little boy and his mother walking ? 



Who came that way, and what did he see ? 



How did he feel, and what did he say ? 



What did the people do when they heard the King's 

 words ? What happened after this ? 



Tell this story in your own words. 



The tops of the wheat stalks \ 



